Ill confess that i pulled this from a quick google search before i had to run for work and i have no idea to the validity of “data for azeroth”. But according to them it goes hunter druid paladin across all characters. Limited to max level it goes druid hunter paladin. Looking at another site it goes druid paladin hunter.
For competitive content hunter popularity drops off a cliff but i dont know if i agree with using this metric. I would love to play my hunter but havent really done anything serious with him this xpac because i cant stand the current design, and i doubt im the only one.
But yeah, ill admit defeat on this. My previous statement was wrong.